CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 096 (P346545)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346545 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 1 | It was the frown of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 2 | After it killed(?) Kish like the bull of heaven |
| obverse col 1 3 | After it slew the temple of Uruk in the dust like a great bull |
| obverse col 1 4 | Where, at that time to Sargon, the king of Agade |
| obverse col 1 5 | From the lowland to the highland |
| obverse col 1 6 | After Enlil gave the en-ship and kingship to him |
| obverse col 1 7 | At that time the sanctuary Agade holy Inanna ... |
| reverse col 1' 1' | May distress fall upon your palace, which was built (for) rejoicing |
| reverse col 1' 2' | May the evildoer shout continually in the ... plain(?) |
| reverse col 1' 3' | (In) the site of your uzga, where the cleansing rite had been established |
| reverse col 1' 4' | May the fox, the one of the destroyed ruin mound, drag its tail there |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | sag#?-ki# [...]-x {d}en-lil2-la2#-kam# | |
| 2 | kisz#{ki#} [...] an#?-na#-gin7 im#-[...] | |
| 3 | e2 ki# unu{ki#}-ga# gu4# [...] sahar#-ra# mi#-ni#-ib#-[...] | |
| 4 | ki# u4-ba szar-ru-um-ki#-[...] | |
| 5 | sig#-ta igi#-[...] | |
| 6 | [{d}]en#-lil2-le nam-[...] mu-un#?-[...] | |
| 7 | [...] a#-ga#-de3#[{ki} ...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | x x [...] | |
| reverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | e2#-gal# sza3#? hul2#?-[...] | |
| 2' | lu2#-hul#-gal2# x [...] | |
| 3' | ki# uz#-[...] | |
| 4' | ka5#? [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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